Because that’s where I am right now, on vacation.
Spent the day in Stowe where we visited the Von Trapp Family Lodge. Attended a lecture about the family’s historic journey from Austria to America. Apparently the version we are familiar with from The Sound of Music isn’t wholly accurate (surprise, surprise). After the main presentation and screening of a documentary about the real Maria, Kristina von Trapp, her granddaughter, did a little Q&A.
Why am I telling you all this? Because there’s a baseball connection, obviously. Seems that the Red Sox celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Lodge by having Kristina throw out a first pitch. The game took place on September 17, 2025, against the Athletics which the Sawx won in the 10th inning.
Burlington, which we visited a couple of days ago, was host to the Vermont Expos, which changed its name to the Lake Monsters when the parent club moved to Washington, DC. until 2020. But that association ended a couple of years ago. These days the Lake Monsters play in a collegiate summer league. So I won’t be able to attend a game, but I’m still going to try to get a cap.
